Learning Apple Remote Desktop

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Released

7/22/2014

Remote administration is a science akin to magic for most computer users. Apple Remote Desktop (ARD) puts the power of remote administration in your hands, offering an easy way to manage all the Mac computers on your network without ever leaving your desk. In this course, expert Sean Colins will show you how to install software on many computers at once, monitor activity, assist your users, and effortlessly gather data for all the computers in your environment. Sean also covers ARD's advantages for two types of people outside the IT department: teachers in the classroom and consultants managing client systems.

Topics include:

What is remote administration?

Adding and grouping computers

Monitoring, controlling, and locking computers remotely

Sending UNIX commands

Creating inventory and software reports

Finding items on one or many computers

Working with a task server

Using Remote Desktop in the classroom

Deploying with ARD

Skill Level Intermediate

2h 19m

Duration

78,530

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- [Voiceover] Hello, I'm Sean Colins,and this is Up and Running with Apple Remote Desktop.As you watch this course,you will learn how to do what many computer usersthink of as magic.Quickly and easily you will learn the secretsof how to install software on many computers at once,how to see what is happening on many computersat the same time,and how to gather volumes of informationabout the contents of all the computers in your environment.You will learn how to take control over computersthat are being used inappropriatelyand even how to use this software as a teacheror as a computer consultant who wants tomanage client systems more efficiently.

However you choose to use it,Apple Remote Desktop is a powerful toolthat takes very little effort to learn.So join me now as we get you Up and Runningwith Apple Remote Desktop.